>Keep in mind I havenít read all 800 pages of this
>thingÖ
>
>Where a subgroup is below the state baseline, the
>scores must increase each year until at the end (5
>years) they are equal to the state baseline. Each
>annual increase is one fifth of the amount by which
>they lag the state baseline, which completely closes
>the gap in five years.
>
>Where a subgroup is already above the state baseline,
>it canít drift back from where it is now by more than
>one fifth the amount by which it exceeds the state
>baseline. This one isnít an annual thing; itís over
>the entire five years. This means a subgroup could
>still be well over the state baseline, but the
>contract would be breached if it fell too far from its
>current level.
>
>Oversimplified, a below average subgroup must come up
>to at least average and an above average subgroup must
>maintain its position.
>
>This oneís gonna take some thimking.